Monday, August 24, 2009
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MEMORY
ReplyDeleteLoud cries, mumbled noises
Neighborhood people, political bribers
A few white faces
scattered
in a predominantly black crowd
And then another young man's eyes
intensely, singing,
holding a lamb.
From where I stand
I
Drowning in his own tears
Hot, drippy
long false faces
masks of death.
Helmets advance
choking fumes,
explosions,
screams,
terror.
Can't breath,.
Blindly running.
The damp Mississippi air closes in its
strangely dark Tension.
The day went on and on so slow
People waving paper fans
a black funeral home
segregated with black mothers
and white mothers
Standing silent.
White Breaths engulfs
A crowd of dark shadows.
Day after day we filled the streets
Our feet were tired,
but thousands of children kept the beat
Marching strong
inviting tenant farmers
bus boycotts,
freedom rides,
lunch counter sit-ins
This was the date the world would cried
This is the date we we’ll never forget